21 8 CRATEROPODID^. 



232. Ixulus flavicollis. The Yellow-naped Lcalus. 



Yuhina flavicollis, Hodys. As. Res. xix, p. 1G7 (1830). 



Ixulus flavicollis (Hodys.), Blytli, Cat. p. 100 ; Horsf. Sf M. Cat. i, 



p. 262 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 258 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, 



p. 109; xlv, pt. ii, p. 82; Blanf. J. A. S.B. xli, pt. ii, p. 45; 



Hume, N. Sf E. p. 395 ; Brooks, S. F. iii, p. 252 ; Hume, Cat. 



no. 623 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 320 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 612 ; 



Hume, S. F. xi, p. 251 ; Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, 



p. 145. 



The Yellow-naped Flower-pecker, Jerd. ; Siripchony-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. Forehead and lengthened feathers of crest rich 

 brown ; hinder part of crown, nape, and sides of the head mouse- 

 grey, the lower part of the ear-coverts silvery ; lores and mous- 

 tachial streak black ; a white ring of soiall feathers round the eye ; 

 a broad chestnut collar round the hind neck; upper plumage olive- 

 brown, the shafts of the feathers of the back paler ; upper tail- 

 coverts tinged with fulvous ; tail and wings brown suffused with 

 the colour of the back, the primaries narrowly edged with white 

 on the outer webs; chin and cheeks white; throat white, with a 

 few narrow ochraceous streaks and frequently with dark shafts ; 

 middle of breast and abdomen pale fulvous ; vent and under tail- 

 coverts deep fulvous ; sides of breast and abdomen ochraceous 

 streaked with white ; under wing-coverts white. 



Upper mandible brownish black ; lower mandible fleshy brown, 

 greyish horny at base ; iris light to dark brown, sometimes reddish 

 brown ; feet fleshy buff ; claws pale brown-horny (Scully). 



Length about 5 ; tail 2; wing 2'5 ; tarsus *8 ; bill from gape *6. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from the Sutlej valley to Assam ; 

 the Khasi hills; Manipur :'from 5000 to 8000 feet of elevation. 



Habits, $c. Breeds from May to July, constructing a deep cup- 

 like nest of moss and fibres, which is suspended from one or two 

 twigs of a branch. The eggs, usually three in number, are whitish 

 marked with brown of various shades, and measure '78 by *56. 



233. Ixulus humilis. Davison's Ixulus. 



Ixulus humilis, Hume, S. F. v, p. 106 (1877) ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. 



vi, p. 374 j Oates, B. B. i, p. 149 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 614 ; 



Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 602. 

 Staphidea humilis (Hume), Hume, Cat. no. 625 Ms. 



Coloration. Whole upper plumage and visible portions of the 

 wings and tail, the sides of the head, and the lengthened crest plain 

 brown ; lores and a moustachial streak darker brown ; sides of 

 neck and whole lower plumage white, the chin, throat, and breast 

 with very narrow brown shaft-streaks ; the sides of the body, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts with broader streaks, increasing in size as 

 they approach the tail ; under wing-coverts white. 



tipper mandible black ; lower mandible pale brown ; legs and 

 feet fleshy brown ; iris red-brown (Hume $' Davison). 



